Paleomagnetic and geochronological constraints on the post-collisional northward convergence of the southwest Tian Shan, NW China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 409, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 107-124

  Huang, Baochun ^a,b   Piper, John D A ^b   Wang, Yongcheng ^a   He, Huaiyu ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Basalt flows; China; Indo Asian tectonics; Paleogene; Paleomagnetism; Red beds; Tian Shan; Tuoyun Basin

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 28444437735     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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